Sunday, September 25, 2011

A BRAND NEW BIRD CAM FOR AL:))

It is always a positive and encouraging sign when I see Kelly carrying things out to the Motor Home. Kind of puts that official, 'yes we're going,’ stamp of approval on the trip.

Short drive in the Jeep this morning and Motorcycle this afternoon. A fair number of bikes on the road today so I managed to get myself in a half dozen big HOWDY DOODY waves. Three trips around the forest trail with the Pheebs today too.

Thank you ‘Dakota Blue’ for climbing aboard our Blog Follower’s list. Hopefully things will get a little more interesting around here when we hit the road in 3 weeks.

<<< NEW BIRD CAM (NIKON D90)

I was the surprised recipient of a brand new large format Bird Cam this afternoon. And, it came all the way up from the States. In fact, it came from Cracker Barrel. Kelly was working today at DEER PARK LODGE when Ron and Jan Krauter dropped in on their way to Goderich with something for AL. Ron is the personable fellow who owns FOUR SEASONS PERFORMANCE where we traded in our truck and fifth wheel for a Motor Home back in the Spring of 07. Ron knew of my interest in photography and must have seen a couple of my bird photos so when he spied this Bird Cam at a Cracker Barrel awhile back, he picked it up. A big thanks Ron and yep, I’ll have that Bird Cam in action right quick. And, for anyone in our area thinking of buying a Motor Home, be sure to give Ron a call. We’re sure glad we did. By the way, that Bird Cam is actually a rather cleverly constructed…………….birdhouse

It was the title, '10 Things I Wished I Had Known Before Fulltime RVing' that caught my attention this morning. I like the RVing lifestyle of WHEELING IT. We can sure identify with their way of doing things. I like the content of their blog and writing style. Informative and helpful to other RV'ers. And, they understand and appreciate the peacefulness of nature in their RV travels.

COME ON PHEEBS, YOU HAVE TO SHARE THE NEW TOY WITH THE MOTORMOUSE TOO (CANON A720IS)

GROANER’S CORNER: And did you know that by the time you find greener pastures, you probably won't be able to climb over the fence anyway.

We've been reading Wheeling It's post for some time now. They have a beautiful way of describing their adventures, and a great personal style of travel. We are looking forward to following them for quite a while.

Yes, how did you suspend that Bird Cam in the photo! Not nice to keep secrets from your friends!

Love your new "bird cam"..Even I could operate that one! Are you and Kelly the first "snowbirds" out of the nest and headed South?? Of all the blogger snowbirds, I think you two are first off the block!!

AL'S CAMERA EQUIPMENT

A sometimes asked question readers have about my blog is what kind of a camera do I use. Well I have 8 of them and use them all. Five Nikon DSLR's, two quality Sony point and shoots plus one older Canon point and shoot.

'UPDATE':: July 2017 Thanks to a very generous blog reader I have been able to update my Nikon camera equipment and supplement my camera gear with a couple additional fine Sony cameras as well.I now have a 'donated' Nikon D7200 sporting my new Nikkor 18-300 3.5 zoom lens. Also have picked up a new Nikkor 1.8 primary 35mm lens. In addition I also now have a Sony RX100-3 camera as well as a Sony Exmore Cybershot. I have given my Canon Powershot point and shoot camera to a neighbor.

- In early 2017 I replaced my Nikon D-90 camera with a new D-3400 after the 'auto focus' feature on my aging D-90 quit working. The Nikon D-90 had been my work horse camera sporting a Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 lens. I used this camera for most of my landscapes and I now have it set up for night photography where 'auto focus' is not necessary.

-My older faithful and favorite Nikon D-40 finally packed it in during the summer of 2015 and I replaced it with a new Nikon D-3100.

- Previous to my Nikon D-90, most of my photos were taken with my old faithful Nikon D-50 from 2006 to early 2011 whereupon the D-50 suffered a rather gruesome death when it fell off a table onto a cement porch in southeastern Arizona. The 70-300mm lens on the camera survived the fall but the D-50 did not. My Nikkor lenses are interchangable between the D-90 the D-3100 and the D-3400.